We've been going to Pho Lan for years, so when we heard they opened a new location in Newark, in the Lion Shopping Center we had to check it out. Clean, well-kept space with a nice, calm vibe. The food is the real highlight: authentic, delicious, and home-style. My wife and I come here every chance we get, and we've tried just about everything on the menu--every dish has been consistently great. That says a lot since we know how Vietnamese food should taste. If you're craving solid Vietnamese food and want to support a local, family-owned spot, this is it. read more

Pho Ngoc Lan Noodle House - Clean and well-kept, with a relaxed, quieter vibe as the restaurant winds down about 30 minutes before closing - Vietnamese Near Me - Newark, California

The pho broth is very flavorful. I usually just get the rare beef & tendons, they give a big portion of tendons. Cooked well. Be nice if they gave you more than 3 small slices of jalapeño's. Service was quick and they give you ice cold water which was needed since it's very hot out today. The only thing I didn't like was the pricing on things, my bowl of pho was $15.95 and that's all I got. Tax in California is 10.75%, so $15.95 + $1.71 isn't $18.20. I know it's only off by .44 cents but you times this by all the customers that come daily and it adds up. I asked the waitress and she said it came out to $18.20 because of the tax. Well the receipt doesn't show a "Tax" section, and when you add the tax up and still isn't correct. read more

Short Rib Pho - the overall dish was pretty solid however, I wish the short rib was cooked a bit more since the meat was a bit tough to chew and wasn't fall off the bone. The pho broth was light and flavorful and I did enjoy the other thin beef slices. Vegan Shaken Tofu - good amount of tofu and veggies. The rice was cooked well and paired nice with the overall dish. The sauce wasn't overly sweet and the tofu was prepared well. My husband is a meat eater and he definitely approved of this dish! Mini Vietnamese Pancake - fried perfectly and the coconut flavor really powers through which I enjoyed. Really good wrapped in lettuce and dipped in their provided fish sauce. Even after air frying it later in the day, it was still good. This dish was definitely a highlight and I'd order it again. Fried Egg Rolls - fried perfectly and wasn't skimpy on the filling. It tasted good on its own, but even better dipped in the fish sauce and eaten with the provided lettuce. Service was fast and straight to the point and there's plenty of seating. It does get kind of smokey inside from the cooking, but that's an afterthought. Overall, if I'm in the area I wouldn't mind dining here again! read more

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Located in the Lion Plaza shopping center, Pho Ngoc Lan is a great new addition to the area. The space is clean and modern. I ordered the pho and appreciated that the broth was served piping hot, while the noodles had the perfect texture with a slight bite to them, so they held up well throughout the meal. The portions were generous, and the overall quality exceeded my expectations. read more

Pho Ngoc Lan Noodle House - Pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Newark, California

I'm always in this area whenever I go grocery shopping at Lion Supermarket and remember passing by this restaurant a few times, but never stopped by until recently when I was craving Vietnamese food. We arrived at noon on a Sunday and was surprised that there wasn't a wait even though it was busy. It was bigger than I expected with plenty of tables available. It was very clean, which I liked. My husband ordered a combo plate (grilled pork chop, fried chicken wings, and egg roll), and he enjoyed the savory dish, especially the crispy egg roll. I ordered a Rare Steak & Brisket pho and the broth was light but flavorful. The noodles were cooked perfectly. I saw some people order their 3 Color Dessert Drink and didn't wanna get FOMO so I also ordered one for to-go. I'm glad I did because it was delicious. Not too sweet and very refreshing. So glad I decided to stop by and can't wait to come back to try other items on their menu. Everything is also decently priced, which is another win in my opinion. I don't think I would have stopped by if it wasn't for all of the high reviews on Yelp! read more

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This is in a busy area with lots of restaurants but there is plenty of parking. Inside is spacious, nice and clean. Good size food menu with lots to choose from. Average prices. The pho broth is delicious! Love the broth here and the noodles are always cooked perfectly. They give a good ratio of broth and noodles. I was not a fan of the banh xeo was on the soggy side, but everything else I have tried from here is delicious! Didn't get water refills when our waters were empty. Friendly staff, they always repeat the order back to make sure everything is correct. Definitely on the top of my list for Pho places in Newark. read more

Pho Ngoc Lan Noodle House - Pho tai - Vietnamese Near Me - Newark, California

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Pho Ngoc Lan Noodle House opened recently in My Tho's vacated space. Interior retrofitted with many murals, 3 flatscreens (golf, nbc news, news. Swiftly acknowledged, seated, given water by elderly woman. One of many on floor. Ordered. Soup came 10 minutes later. Drinks another 5. Offerings (usual Vietnamese): appetizers, pho, egg noodle soups, rice plates, rice vermicelli, drinks. Vegetarian... Sips: Mixed Bean dessert drink (6.5) -haven't had this in years. Maybe a decade. -came with 1/3 shaved ice on top. Bottom had the sweet sauce. In the middle was many kinds of jelly & 3 kinds of beans. 2 kinds got mushy so hard to see. -came with a soup to scoop up jellies & beans after liquid was finished. Too sweet at first. Ending ok. Slurps: Bun Rieu cua (tomato & crab soup)16.95 -broth had pork flava & not enough crab paste taste. Also lean pork slices, tomato chucks, fried tofu, cilantro, pork loaf, black pepper, rice noodles. -toppings on side: jalepeno slices, bean sprouts, lemon squeeze, red cabbage. Didn't ask for shrimp paste on side. Haven't had for years. -large portion. CC use: +3%. 4ish stars worthy! Quantity: reasonable Quality: ok haven't had for years. Difficult to compare. Parking on weekends difficult. Parking lot full. read more

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I've been looking for a place that serves solid bun cha Ha Noi and I finally found it! From the moment I got out of the car, I could smell the aroma of grilled meats and I was so excited. Everything was very fresh from the vermicelli, to the veggies/herbs, to the meats :) My only comment is that the sauce isn't as flavorful as many other places, I added a bit more fish sauce and it gave enough of a satisfactory kick but I know that might not be enough for others. read more

Pho Ngoc Lan Noodle House - 22. Hanoi Grilled Pork Vermicellli - Vietnamese Near Me - Newark, California

Beautiful interior. Even better Banh xeo (savory crepe). Best one in the tri area so far. This is a try "mom and pop" place. Cutest grandma mans the register. She'll give you a big smile and ring you up after you eat. FYI: depending on the day, service can be slow. So, be prepared to chill for a while. read more

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I came with my family to get pho for dinner. We came as a small group. There was no line. The inside is pretty much like every other pho place. Similar tables too. Each table got lots of sauce. Their sriracha was kinda watery... I ordered the #2 and also some meat on the side (i lost the photo). The bowl was GIGANTIC. So many noodles and the 2 bones were so big. The meat was good, frsh noodle was good, but for some reason the broth was kinda watery. If not for the watery broth could've scored higher. Definitely decent. Meat portion could've been bigger too. read more

This seems like a newly opened Vietnamese area with a large varieties of dishes on menu. Menu had a lot of things: pho, rice place, banh xeo, bun, etc... My boyfriend and I weren't feeling pho, so we tried the broken rice plate, banh xeo and bun rieu(tomato crab noodle). Overall, broken rice plate is pretty good. However, I would skip the bun rieu (they used crab cakes instead of my preferred crab meatballs. To each their own...) and banh xeo(no herbs, also the crepe is thin/gets soggy easily as compared to the ones I tried in other restaurant). read more

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Pretty new pho/Viet spot in a very Asian centric retail strip. The inside is very colorful and pretty, lots of Asian floral vibes that I'm sure many find attractive. I also loved their table-side condiment set-up as it had 3-4 chili based sauces and a small bottle of pure fish sauce. Not many Viet places from this area go this far, so I'm gonna give them props. But in my first couple of outs during the winter months I've just tried a couple soups and an app. Since they are new I'm not too sure on how dialed in they are...yet. Even though fine for the most part, it seems they can tighten up on quality and execution. Fresh Pork & Shrimp Spring Rolls ($8.50/4.5*) Pretty solid and rolled fresh. Springy wrapper, fresh veggies and vermicelli noodles and good proportion of protein. And absolutely delicious when dipped into their sweetish peanut sauce with a good dot of chili sambal. I could get these almost every time I come in. Rare Beef and Tendon Pho ($16/3.5*) They only have 1 size for soups and it is pretty large. I can't finish the broth. The broth comes out super hot (thermally) and is spiced lightly with a good beef to salt ratio. The proteins were fine, both the tender tendons and the sliced rare beef. The noodles are in a big ball and needs to be unraveled. Tons of noodles too, more than I prefer. I keep forgetting to ask them to switch out the noodles to fresh rice noodles which I think are thicker. They never ask so I just keep forgetting. Special Vietnamese Noodle Soup/Hu Tieu ($17/3*) I haven't had this in a while, so I tried it one cold evening. It's basically their pho broth and same rice noodles. Just topped with different proteins. There's 2-3 shrimps which were the best of the bunch. Nicely poached, not overcooked at all. Some calamari chunks that were kinda hard and chewy. Didn't care for the texture. Some sliced pork slices. Just seemed like boiled pork so super plain and bland. I think they should simmer it in seasoned liquid as to give it flavor internally. I had to dip this into a side condiment. Some chicken pieces, very small pieces almost shredded in size. Also pretty bland just like the pork slices. Ground pork, which again were bland but this also had a game-y taste to it that I didn't care for. This is where I think they can improve and just watch their quality control a bit more. Imitation Krab was fine. I rarely eat this, but it does add a nice burst of color to this otherwise monotone soup. Meatballs looked more like cut up sausages. Very dense and bouncey. Not a fan texturally. Quail Eggs were perfect, tender and supple. So this bowl would have been a pretty nice ride, but too many hiccups for me to not love it. I'll still be back to try a few more things, but I pretty much have to be in this area, as the draw is not quite there yet for me to want to drive for it. Maybe in time... read more

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My Uncle told me about this restaurant that took over where My Tho use to be; I use to eat at My Tho often as a kid. So naturally, my Aunt and I had to give it a try. After a long day of errands in the rain, we were starving. When we entered the restaurant, we were warmly greeted by a group of elderly women who instantly sat us down. I ordered their Vietnamese fried egg rolls and pho tai. My Aunt ordered their vegetarian spring rolls, seafood chow mein (crispy noodles), and banh xeo. My pho tai came out first and the broth was tasty, a tad heavy on the cinnamon and star anise. It was perfect for the cold weather. The fried egg rolls were huge and delicious though the vegetables served more like a salad. The romaine lettuce was sliced so I wasn't able to wrap my egg roll in it. The pho and fried egg roll hit the spot for me. My Aunt does not eat pork and she was disappointed that the banh xeo had pork in it. We had them pack it to go so we could bring it home for the family. She was raving about their vegetarian spring rolls, she said it was one of the most tasty ones she's had in awhile. The star of our dinner was the seafood chow mein. The crispy noodles were pile high and the gravy it came with was very good (not too salty, had really good flavor). We enjoyed it so much that we returned a few days later and ordered takeout. My Aunt requested the vegetarian egg rolls and Seafood chow mein again (it hit the spot again for her). I tried the beef cubes over tomato rice which was a very good portion; great flavor and the beef was very tender. I was able to eat it again the following day. I will definitely visit when I'm back in town! read more

We tried this place as it was near my sister was getting a pedicure and we sat in a cozy booth and I was going to order the beef stew with egg noodles but they sold out on the beef so I picked shrimp instead. Hubby ordered the combo chow mein but he didn't want seafood so he ordered pork and my sister had vegetarian pad thai. All were good but even though my shrimp was plentiful the server gave me rice noodles instead but I just ate it. read more

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MENU AND FOOD: Pho Ngoc Lan Noodle House provides a list of pho soups, rice plates, vermicelli plates, and more! They are operated and owned by the same people as Pho Lan Noodle House in Fremont. SERVICE AND ATMOSPHERE: Service was quick and efficient. Their indoor decor is new and appealing. They have indoor seating only. PARKING: Located in a shopping plaza, they have plenty of parking. IMPRESSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS: I've had their combination rice plate, which came with a pork chop, rice, fried chicken wing, egg roll and a side of vegetables. This dish was great and paired well with their fish sauce. Their pho broth is also tasty and has depth. We'll definitely be back. read more

I had a really bad day. I arrived at this location at approximately 840pm and they let me dine in (when they close at 9pm). I quickly ate to replenish the lack of energy. They allowed me to utilize as many takeout containers as I needed. Their pho was nice and hot but it was a tad too oily and sweet for me. The meatballs were hard and not as tender or tasty as I like it. The rice plate did not come with broken rice (perhaps due to it being close to closing). The egg cake was dry but had imitation crab which felt different. The porkchop was thin and dry. The shredded pork hit the spot (it lines up with other viet places). The sides of veggies and pickles were much appreciated. Had pickled veggies in fish sauce. SERVICE: They were super sweet and considerate! VIBE: Your generic pho restaurant :) Located in the Lion's plaza near Newpark mall. Lots of parking. Would I come back? Probably not. Great prices but a tad too dry. read more

Clean, well-appointed Vietnamese restaurant serving more than the usual pho and rice plates. Was excited to see banh xeo and banh khot on the menu, among other harder-to-find dishes. Ordered the banh xeo (mung bean flour "crepe" filled with sprouts, pork, and shrimp) served with all the herbs, lettuce, and nuoc cham. A large portion with crispy edges, but I wish they had removed the tails for the shrimp filling. Also ordered a tea, served in a to go cup and sweetened with honey, and a side of pho broth, Which was served piping hot with a generous amount of thinly sliced onions, green onions, and cilantro. The broth here is very star anise forward for those of you who prefer it that way. Service is friendly and efficient. read more

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Presentation was awesome and cleanliness of this establishment is top rate. Very friendly staff. Unfortunately, the flavor of all our orders tasted somewhat the same. In my own personal opinion, all 3 of our orders had a lingering after-taste of powdered chicken flavoring and modified enhancers. It was lacking the purity and taste of real chicken flavor or true bone broth. read more

Pho Ngoc Lan Noodle House - A3. Vietnamese Fried Egg Rolls 6. Rare Steak & Tendon 30. Crispy Egg Noodle with Seafood - Vietnamese Near Me - Newark, California

This is my new go to- Been here twice, each time had to-go order and they provided exceptional service each time. While waiting for my takeout, they will serve me a glass of water (to my surprise!) Food here excellent and plenty of options for vegetarian! Rare to find multiple vegetarian version of mainstream dishes - from vegetarian spicy noodle to veggie Pad Thai, spring roll and more. I love their vegetarian spring rolls that comes with crunchy fresh sprouts, thinly sliced fried eggs etc. Their spicy noodle was good for a vegetarian version. Very flavorful with lots of noodle and sides provided. Just wish it was a tad spicier (like what you get for the usual meat based version). That's the only thing I will nitpick and ensure I specify next time I go there. Usually I will snap photos but this time I was too hungry and started digging in! Totally forgot about the pics. :) read more

I recently visited Pho Ngoc Lan Noodle House with a group of coworkers after one of them recommended it to us, and it turned out to be a great choice. The restaurant was clean and well-maintained, which made for a comfortable dining experience. The service was friendly and efficient, and our food arrived quickly. Most importantly, the food was delicious--everyone in our group really enjoyed their meals. Overall, we had a very positive experience, and we're already planning to come back again in the future. read more

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Parking lot available. Came for Wednesday dinner before movie. Ordered the special combo pho and bun xeo. The pho was nice and hot with authente noodles. The bun xeo can use more seasoning and be more crispy as the bottom half was soggy and oily. Would come back as again for pho. read more

Pho Ngoc Lan Noodle House - 1. Special Combination Beef Noodle Soup - Vietnamese Near Me - Newark, California

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So my parents came to visit one night and I suggested to come here for dinner. We ordered the house special fried shrimp cake, Vietnamese pancake (for my mom) grilled pork & eggroll over vermicelli (for me), combo rice plate (for my daughter), Hanoi grilled pork vermicelli (for my dad), and salted plum soda (for my dad). The food was good but the fish sauce that came with all the meals lacked flavor and the chicken wing that was part of the combo rice plate was bland. Customer service was exceptional. Throughout the whole meal, one lady kept coming back to check up on us and asking whether we liked the food. I think it's because my parents speak Vietnamese so communication was not an issue. We came on a weeknight so parking so was plentiful. read more

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The service was amazing! The guy who served was one of the sweetest people I've encountered. We ordered the spring roll & 2 beef noodle soups. Hands down one of my favorite places to get spring roll now & you can never go wrong with beef noodle soups! read more

Pho Ngoc Lan Noodle House - 3. Rare Steak & Beef Balls - Vietnamese Near Me - Newark, California

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Flavorful rich beefy pho broth, el dente noodles, gelatinous tender tendons and generous bean sprouts and herbs. Fast friendly attentive service. I totally needed this delicious comfort after daylight savings time. This restaurant has better pho than a lot of pho places in SoCal. read more

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I have a change to go with my friends for birthday. The restaurant is very clean, foods are very delicious and staffs are friendly and service is wonderful. I will refer family and friends to this restaurant to enjoy the delicious foods. read more

Ate here after a car meet was offering a discount here. Best beef brisket pho I've had in a long while!! Definitely pay the $1 to get fresh noodles: flat, perfect thickness, NOT clumpy. Nice interior, plenty of seating & free parking, good service, clean bathrooms (as a mom, I appreciate the added touch of having a toddler seat & wipes available)! Would definitely recommend this place to anyone in Newark! read more

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The food is ok, , I think she is the owner not too friendly. We order porkchop she give us butter knife Instead of steak knife. Not even say thank you. What a jerk. Seem like she mad. That's not a good business. No i would not recommend this place read more

New spot that took over a previous pho restaurant. Friendly staff. 3% charge to credit card. Decent spot for a quick lunch. read more

So I decided on dinner plans here for my wife and my 3 year old daughter because of the high rating and being that it was new. I used to live in san jose and would frequent some of the standout places (com tam thien huong, thien long, nam vang) to just give some context on my vietnamese food palette. So I was looking forward to this new vietnamese spot in the same plaza Vung Tau used to be. We ordered 3 items: Appetizer:grilled pork spring rolls Main course: Grilled pork chop rice plate with egg cake, shredded pork, and Hu Tieu Nam Vang Spring rolls: Pretty standard, came with a hoisin based sauce with crushed peanuts. $9 for 2 rolls cut in half (so basically 4 small pieces). For the price I was expecting at least the "Brodard" type of sauce which you can find at some establishments in san jose, but thats setting the bar too high. At least they added a fried egg roll wrapper in the middle for an extra crunch. Pork chop with broken rice plate: The order came out pretty quickly which caught me by surprise. I started to portion out the food for my family when I noticed the pork chop was still pink inside. I brought it to the attention of the server and showed her the pink. She apologized and went to the kitchen to let them know. I was expecting for them to redo my order, but they ended up just bringing a thinner piece of pork chop on a seperate plate. We were really hungry so we just ate what we had in front of us. The egg cake had bits of artificial krab inside? Kind of a weird filler as if pork or eggs were too expensive to use in its entirety? 30 minutes goes by and I see people that came after us get their food. At this time we were about done with our rice plate and then I decided to ask the female manager about our Hu Tieu. She said she will check on it and went to the back. She came back and said that they are making it right now. I asked why is it taking so long? She said that it takes a long time to make the noodles. Since she was there I then showed her the undercooked pork chop, and all she said was sorry. So when we get our Hu Tieu, the cook brought it out to us and said he was sorry for taking so long. I also showed him the undercooked pork chop and all he said was sorry. The Hu Tieu has rice noodles just like pho , the same packaged noodles that everyone else gets , and the manager has the audacity to tell me it takes long to cook the noodles? I call BS. They just forgot to make my order and didn't own up to forgetting. BTW: the Hu Tieu was terrible. Too much noodles , 2 shrimps, 2 meatballs, 2 slivers of flavorless pork belly , 2 chunks of old chicken, 1 piece of rubbery squid, and some ground pork which tasted weird. I think they also use MSG because since leaving the restaurant, I couldn't stop drinking water. Went to the cashier to pay and was taken aback by the lack of empathy for their mistakes. I told them the undercooked pork chop could have made my family and I sick, also forgetting about my noodle soup order when I have a hungry toddler waiting for food l, and they didnt even bat an eye. I asked her to take an item off the order and the female manager said, "We refried another pork chop for you right?". Well my review is my response to your question. Proper ettiquette for a restaurant would have been to at least take the item off the order, or prepare a whole new plate, not just the pork chop, or doing something to satisfy your new customer. I told her the food was no good and I will not be coming back. For all you yelpers, for the price I would take my money elsewhere. This establishment needs to work out their kinks if they want to stay in business. This has been one of the worst vietnamese restaurants I have been to. read more

Pho Ngoc Lan Noodle House - Undercooked pork chop - Vietnamese Near Me - Newark, California

I had #5 pho the rare steak and brisket, this was super good! Interior is super nice, new, inviting, and well kept! I believe there's only one size and the bowl is huge! There is a 3% charge for credit cards. Definitely gotta try more dishes, will be back!! read more

Mini banh xeo was really good. A lot of their noodle plates were good like the houses special. The beef for the garlic noodle was good but noodle was too soft. The layer drink was ok, would be good to add fruits. Will come back for the banh xeo. read more

Service was quick and friendly. . Decor is cute and it's very spacious inside. Ordered the bun and the grilled pork and eggrolls were absolutely delicious! 10/10! read more

Update: I went back again and everything came on time. I ordered number 17 and this time soup was nice and hot. read more

I wasn't particularly impressed by the service and it was kinda slow, taking half an hour if not more to come out. The Bun Cha Hanoi, Grilled pork, and shaken cube were technically olk. The flavors were there but not as rich as I'd expect - bit on the bland side, but I did not mind that. What was diabolical were the Bun Bo Hue and Beef stew. They were not at all authentic, and strongly tasted of pho broth being heavily substituted in. I was extremely disappointed. And the beef stew was quite literally pho broth. It was not a stew. A few morsels of meat and carrots. read more

Pho Ngoc Lan Noodle House - "beef stew" (it's just pho broth) - Vietnamese Near Me - Newark, California

Stopped by from the 209 as we made our way to the Bay. They were very nice and immediately over to take our order and bring us our drinks. They were playing Vietnamese music which was very relaxing and nice to hear. My brother ordered the #1 on the pho menu I ordered the shrimp spring rolls & the fried chicken wings with the fish sauce. The food was delicious and the pho was in a generous size bowl that me and my brother shared. read more

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Good food, generous portions, and good ambiance. They remodeled the old pho place. Bright, clean and spacious..Will go back soon.

My first time trying this new Vietnamese restaurant. We ordered pho special, bun bo hue, and bun rieu for to go. The portion is very generous and the food is good. They renovated the place since it was a different restaurant before. They are very timely with the order and the staff seems nice. Bring cash if you don't want to play a 3% surcharge for using credit card. I would definitely try again next the dine in instead. read more

We ordered 2 bowls of beef pho and the papaya appetizer salad. The beef pho was pretty good, solid. I would come hear again for pho. The papaya salad fell flat for me. The salad could have been really good. It needed more fresh herbs. The herbs and peanuts there were tasteless. shrimp chips would be a nice addition too to up the enjoyment factor. I am looking forward to coming back to try the Bun with grilled pork. Service is typical for an independently owned restaurant. We noticed workers are more mature and are friendly. Restaurant felt updated and clean. read more

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Wanted pho and didn't want to drive all the way to SJ for my fix. This new place opened up near me so I came here with family for lunch to try it out. They really redid the whole inside from what the previous restaurant used to be. I wasn't really hungry so I ordered a kids size pho with meatballs and it was the perfect portion for me. Food came out decently fast for a busy restaurant on a weekend. Has a good amount of noodles to soup and meat ratio. The broth was lacking a bit though, I had to doctor it up with some sauce. Unfortunately the chicken was slightly undercooked for the vermicelli bowl we ordered. But overall, an okay place I'd come back to try more things on their menu I saw. read more

hands down the best pho. period. i've brought friends up from santa clara/ san jose and every single one of them has said they would literally make the drive all the way back just to eat here again. that's how good it is. and i agree 100%. the broth?? always on point. every. single. time. * flavor: deep, balanced, comforting * temperature: nice and hot (as pho should be ) * consistency: never misses you can taste the care. it's not just good, it's the kind of bowl that makes you want to savor every bite yet at the same time scarf it all down. and their bbh is so good too! if you like it spicy, ask for their spicy sauce / chili powder! it is dangerously addicting & takes the whole bowl to another level. and the service?? truly the sweetest people. we love neil!! he always makes our day when we see him :) neil and the team genuinely wants you to feel happy and taken care of, and you can feel that warmth the moment you walk in. this place is special. no frills, no pretentious vibes, just incredible food, kind people, and consistently amazing bowls every time. read more